Description

The monument comprises a later prehistoric homestead in the form of two adjacent drystone structures of the type called wags. It is already scheduled, but the scheduled area is inadequate to cover all of the area of archaeological importance - hence this rescheduling.

The more northerly of the two structures is oval, about 27m NE-SW by 14m. The outer wall-face is largely obscured, but the inner form is clearer, with 4 upright stones in the interior linked by lintels to the inner wall face. The entrance is at the E end. About 15m to the S, the second structure is sub-rectangular externally, with an interior of key-hole shaped plan. The NW part of the interior is circular on plan with several upright stones protruding: these would once have supported lintels. The SE part is rectangular, and the junction of the two is obscured by large tumbled stones. The two parts have separate entrances from the SW.

The area now to be scheduled is a circle 80m in diameter, to include both structures and an area around them in which evidence related to their construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland